Garment with adjustable waistband



J. BUSACKER.

GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABQE WAISTBAND.

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JOHN BUSAOKER, or UTIOA, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALE To HENRY HOFFMANN, 0F UTICA, NEW YORK.

GARMNT WITH ADJUSTABLE WAISTBAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 12, 1918. Serial No. 239,664.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN BUSAGKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State vof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments with Adjustable Waistbands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the referencenumerals marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My present invention relates to garments such as skirts and more especially trousersv which it is desired shall be adjustable at the waist band.

The main purpose of this invention is to provide an adjustable-waistband garment of such improved, simple, durableand workmanlike construction and of such sightly appearance that ready-made garments may be made as a matter of course embodying the invention. In this way a long-felt want is filled in that the ordinary retail merchant can successfully carry on business with a much smaller stock of goods and at the same time be able to fit those goods to a much wider range of customers. vIn this way much less capital is needed and the accumulation of unsalable sizes or patterns is avoided. On the other hand the customer is easily satisfied at the time of the sale in that the garment he has selected because of its color or pattern may be readily adjusted to fit him. Thereafter likewise the customer is satisfied because the garment may be readily taken in or let out by him as occasion requires such as when the customer grows stouter or thinner or when he changes from one weight of underwear to another.

A further purpose is to provided an adjustable waistband garment of such Vconstruction and arrangement and of such combination of partsthat the garments may be adjusted at the waistband and therebelow to a considerable'extent without puckering the garment when it is drawn in and without rendering'the garment unsightly or unusual in appearance at any adjustment of parts.

A still further object is to make garments adjustable at the waist line of such simple and practical construction that they may be made without appreciably increasing the cost of the garment.

j Another object of my invention is to provide an article of the class described of such ready adjustment that the garment may be adjusted instantly while it is being tried on by the customer so that the garment may not be misjudged from first appearances; and at the same time to have the adjustment of such permanent character that it may be main- -tained indefinitely and so have the advantages-of an ordinary or non-adjustable garment. o

A still furtherfpurpose is tO provide an adjustable garment of such appearance outside as not to benoticeably different from the standard garment and of such construction both inside and outside that the wearer will not be annoyed by the presence or feeling of eXtra parts or undue thickness.

Further'purposes and advantages of my invention `will appear from the detailed description hereinafter given.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one side of the waist portion of a pair of trousers embodying my invention but with the overlapped part of the back garment portion and the forward part of the sliding section of the belt and buckle strap projected inward or spaced'from the rest of the garment in order to more clearly show the'construction of the parts.

- Fig. 2 is a plan viewon a reduced scale of that part of the front portion or forepart shown in Fig. 1 but with the lower end of its inside loop unattached and with said loop extended upwardly. I

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the back por! tion shown in Fig. 1 but with the forward ends of its waistband section and buckle strap unattached.

Fig. 4 is a top edge view of the waistband shown in Fig. 1 but with the thickness of the clothsomewhat exaggerated and with the parts spaced apart more than usual in order to morev clearly show the construction.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the said parts of the garment o-n a line through the buckle'strap thereof.

Fig. `6 v is a horizontal sectional View through the garment just below the waistband when the garment is partly drawn in or with thel parts in the relative position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. v

Fig. 7 is a similar sectional View when the garment is extended to the utmost.

l/Vhile I illustrate and herein describe my invention as applied to trousers it will be understood that my invention is applicable likewise to skirts and other garments whether for men, women or children where it is desirable to have an adjustable waistband construction.

Referring to the drawings in a more particular description it will be seen that the drawings illustrate the hip portion of one side of a pair of trousers and that the parts required for the adjustable waistband construction as shown include a front or foreportion 10 and a back portion 11 which portions have their meeting edges attached to each other by the usual side-seam 12 up to a point at 13 spaced some distance say five inches more or less from the upper edge of the garments and that from said point 13 upwardly the said edges are not attached but the front garment portion l0 overlaps the rear portion 11. The extent of said overlap allows for the adjustment herein described and varies with the relative position to which the parts are moved. There may be readily from two to three inches of adjust- Y ment at each side or hip of the garment and thus provide for a total adjustment of from four to six inches.

The fore-portion 10 is provided with a section of waistband 14 of corresponding length, that is, terminating in line with the rear edge l5 of the said fore-portion 10. The portion 10 will be secured to its section of the waistband in any desired way. The inside of said front portion 10 and front waistband section la will be provided with its own lining 16 secured to the upper edge 17 of the front section 14v of the waistband as by stitches 18 and to the front garment portion l0 near its rear edge l5 as by a seam or row of stitches 19. In other words from the point 13 upward the front garment portion 10 and its lining and waistband section are entirely separated from and unattached to the rear garment portion 11 or its section 2O of waistband or lining 21 except for the means hereinafter described.

r1`he rear garment pontion 11 has secured thereto in any usual way, the length 20 of the waistband extending to line 25 some distance say four and one-quarter inches from the forward edge of the said rear piece 11` From this line 425 the waistband extends forward separate from the adjacent part of the rear portion 11 until said free or extension section 22 of the waistband reaches the forward edge 23 of said rear garment portion 11 where it is strongly secured to the said garment portion as by one or more rows of stitches 24. It will be understood that for about the same distance the rear garment portion 1l extends to .the top edge of the garment and is there secured to the upper edge of the lining 21 as by a. row of stitches 26 instead of stopping at line 27 near the bottom of the section 20 of waistband as does the part of said rear garment portion engaged by said section 20 of waistband. :It will thus be seen that the section 22 of waistband upon the forward part of the rear garment portion l1 constitutes a strong loop at the upper edge of said garment portion and extending to its forward edge. This section of waistband will preferably ybe provided with its own lining 28, which may conveniently be run back of line 25 between the fixed section 22 of the waistband and the regular lining 2l of the rear garment portion l1.

Upon the inside of the corner of garment portion 10 there is provided a strong vertically arranged loop 29. The upper end 30 of this loop is securely fastened to the upper edge of this garment portion as by a row of stitches 31, while its lower end 32 is securely fastened to the garment portion 10 below its section 14 of waistband as b one or more rows of stitches 33. This provides a loop having a clear vertical opening at the back of this corner of the garment, and said loop will be suliicient. in extent to slidingly receive the free section of the waistband at the opposite corner of the rear garment portion 11. The waistband section will be slidingly mounted in the loop 29 before one end of the loop 2,9 or the free end of the section 22 of waistband is finally fastened to its respective garment portion as may be most convenient in manufacturing.

1t will now be seen that the garment is adjustable at its waistband by the section 22 of waistband upon the rear garment portion being able to slide back and forth through the inside loop v29 at the opposite corner of the front garment portion. The joining of the outer or forward end of the section of waistband to the forward edge 23 of its garment portion obviously prevents tlie garment from being drawn apart beyond the limit thus fixedand in this way even when the parts are extended to their utmost there will be suiiicient overlap of the front garment portion 10 over the rea-r garment portion 11 below the waistband to j )reventl a visible ope-ning or gap between the adjacent edges of the garment portions.

As the garment is drawn in there will be no puckering or doubling up of the waistband portion of the garment, but the sliding' portion 22 of the waistband upon the rear garment portion will simply slide forward of the loop 29 as will also a corresponding amount of the upper and overlapped portion of the rear garment portion 11 and will lie against the inside of the front garment portion. As the waistband portions of the garment are thus overlapped and caused to rest smoothly against each other so also will the overlapping portions of the garment below the waistband lie smoothly and without puckering because of the considerable distance from the top edge down the side of the garment to the point where the parts are attached to each other. It is well known that the most frequent occasion for adjustment of garments is at the waistband and.` that relatively little adjustment is needed about'the hips. For this reason the adjustment provided by my garment admits of the garment being easily adjusted and at the same time caused to fit smoothly against the body of the person to whom the garment is adjusted. For the ordinary figure the waist measure is of course considerably less than the hip measure so that there is always more or less of an outward Hare to these garments at the hips as they extend down from the waist line to the hips. When my garment is adjusted by drawing it in, this flaring is simply somewhat increased by decreasing the waist measure of the garment. On the other hand when the garment is let out to adjust it to a person of large waist measurement the usual flaring arrangement is simply considerably reduced. A part of the Haring or tapering arrangement is permanently obtained in the ordinary garment by the usual dart 34 made by cutting down into the rear garment portion 11 from its top and taking out a triangular piece and sewing the edges together. This dart is conveniently arranged to terminate at its upper endl at the line 25 and so at the junction of the rear garment portion 11 that extends to the top of the garment and the part of said garment portion which simply comes up into the fixed waistband section 20.

As the preferred means for holding the garment portions in the position to which they have been adjusted I provide a tab 35 projecting from the rear edge of the front garment portion or at the rear edge ofthe section 14 of waistband for that garment portion.' To this tab is secured a buckle 36 Vof any desired form as by having the point 37 of the tab turned back through one opening of the buckle in a way well lmown in the art. .At or near the line 25, which is the junction between the Xed band section 20 and the loose band section 22, there is secured the rear end 38 of a buckle strap 39 of a width and character to coperate with buckle 36. The said buckle strap will pass through or in operative connection with said buckle 36 and thus afford obvious means for holding the parts of the garment in the desired relation to which they have been adjusted. Preferably the strap 39 forward of buckle 36 will be concealed from view by passing back of the fixed band section 14 of the front garment portion, provision being made for this through the provisions of an opening 40 left between the tab 35 and the said waistband section 14. Preferably also the front end 41 of the buckle strap will be sewed or otherwise fastened to the front end of the waistband section 22. This will keep the part of the strap forward of hole 40 from working upward into sight and will also operate to hold the buckle strap smooth, but will not prevent the ready adjustment of the buckle nor the sliding back and forward of the two parts of the garment when the buckle is loosened.

The adjustable waistband construction herein shown will not interfere at all with Y the usual arrangement of pockets. The side or top pockets will be located as usual entirely upon the front garmentportion, the upper edge of a sloping-top front pocket being indicated at 42. Rear hip pockets will be located entirely upon the rear garment portions in the usual way.

v It will now be seen that I have provided an adjustable waistband garment of very simple, durable and workmanlike construc-V tion and one well adapted to secure the advantages hereinabove mentioned, so that garments maywith advantage be made as a matter of course embodying my invention. It will be seen furthermore that the 4appearance of a garment embodying my invention is not unsightly but very closely resembles the common construction of unadjustable garments.

It will be obvious that slight modications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing grou;l the scope of the claims hereinafter set ort What I claim asnew and desire to secure Y lateral edge and again back t erefrom and a vertically arranged loop on the inside up,- per corner of the first garment portion and slidingl'y inclosing therein the free part of the waistband of the second garment portion.

2. In an adjustable-waistband garment,

the combination of two garment portions joined together at their edges by a seam eX- tending toward the waist but unattached at th-e waistband and forsome distance therebelow, the unattached edge of the first portion overlapping the opposite edge of the second portion, a waistband section fastened to the second garment portion at its lateral edge .and `again back therefrom, a vertically arranged loop on the inside upper corner of the first garment portion and slidingly inclosing therein the free part of the waistband of the second garment portion and means adapted to hold said garment portions in desired relative position.

3. In an adjustable-waistband garment, the combination of two garment portions joined together at their edges by a seam eX- tending toward the waist but unattached at the waistband and for some distance therebelow, the unattaehed edge of the first portion overlapping the opposite edge of the second portion, a waistband section fastened to the second garment portion at its lateral edge and again back therefrom, a vertically arranged loop on the inside upper corner of the first garment portion and slidingly inolosing therein the free part .of the waistband of the second garment portion, a buckle and a strap adapted to hold said gar' ment portions in desired relative position, one of said fastening means being near the top of the lateral edge of the first garment portion and the other fastening means on Copies of this patent may be obtained fol` ve cents each, by addressing the the second garment portion near the inner end of the free part of the waistband section.

4. In an adjustable waistband garment, the combination of a front portion and a back portion joined together at their edges by a seam extending toward the waist but unattached at the waistband and for some distance therebelow, the unattached edge 0f the front garment portion overlapping the opposite edge of the back portion, a waistband section fastened to the back garment portion at its lateral edge and again back therefrom, a vertically arranged loop on the inside upper corner of the front garment portion and slidingly inclosing therein the free part of kthe waistband of the back garment portion, a buckle near the top of the lateral edge of the front garment portion and a buckle strap fastened to the back garment portion near the rear end of the free section of the Waistband whereby the garment portions may be held in desired relative position.

In witness whereof I Yhave afxed my signature this 8th day of June, 1918.

JOHN BUSACKER.

Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

